A design change implemented from 1st October means NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will now equip all motor-mounted and cabinet-installed frequency inverters with new, more versatile microcontrollers and a new firmware.
Emerson has supplied inverters to a plant owned by Natural Energy Development Company (NED), which officially opened its 8MW extension project, Wang Ploeng Solar, in May.
Mitsubishi Electric has upgraded the FR-F700-EC range of inverters with network support for BACnet, the most common data communications protocol in building automation and control networks.
In recent years, distributed drive systems have opened up opened up new possibilities, though the trend also has its limits. Andrew Stephenson of Nord Gear, a company which manufactures both conventional cabinet inverters and distributed systems, reviews the arguments